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Samuel-2 Dunham son of Deacon John-1 Dunham

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Caroline-8 "Carrie" Donham Krusi
3 Aug 1831 - 31 Oct 1902


Johann Heinrich Hermann Krusi
24 Jun 1817 - 28 Jan 1903
Dunham in America Profile 321.5.6.2

Newsletter Article, p.32, 36-37
Deacon John Dunham Line
(Rev. Benjamin-7, Thomas-6, John-5, Ebenezer-4, Samuel-3, Samuel-2, John-1)
Carrie was the 2nd dau. of Rev. Benjamin-7 Donham. She attended the Bethel Academy, Bethel, Oxford, ME and studied at the Lancaster Normal College in Lancaster, Worcester, MA. She m. in Somerville, Worchester, MA, 28 Nov 1856 Hermann Krusi.

Hermann was b.in Switzerland and educated in Switz., Germany, Prussia amd taught in England before comming to the United States. He taught in MA, NJ, OH before accepting an invitation to join the staff at the Oswego Training School in Oswego, Oswego, NY. He was a Professor of Philosophy of Education, Geometry and Modern Languages for 25 years.

Carrie and Hermann had 3 children. Carrie and Hermann d. in Alameda, Alameda, CA and were returned for burial in the Riverside Cemetery, Oswego. Find a Grave Memorial #85753191 and 85754023.

Images from the book "Recollections of My Life" by Hermann Krusi.
Digital book in the Collection of James A. Streeter.
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George Edwin-8 Donham
1 Sep 1840 - 29 Mar 1921


Sarah Adelaide Studley
11 Mar 1845 - 11 Jul 1926
Dunham in America Profile 321.5.6.4

Newsletter Article, p.40-42
Deacon John Dunham Line
(Rev. Benjamin-7, Thomas-6, John-5, Ebenezer-4, Samuel-3, Samuel-2, John-1)
George was the 4th child of Rev. Benjamin-7 Donham and he served in the Civil War with his brother Benjamin and is shown with his Grand Army of the Republic Medal. He served during the Civil War from 25 Apr 1861 to 9 Jun 1863. George then studied Dentistry in Woonsocket, Providence, RI from Dr. Moses W. Small from Jun 1863 to Nov 1865 and then set up a practice in Rockland, Plymouth, MA in 1866.

George m. in Abington, Plymouth, MA, 7 May 1868, Sarah Adelaide-9 Studley. They had 5 children. Both are bur. in the Studley Plot, Mount Vernon Cemetery, Abington, Plymouth, MA. Find a Grave Memorial #73566373 and 73566563.

Photos from the Collection of James A. Streeter
Donham-Dr. Joseph Benjamin Eugene
Dr. Joseph Benjamin Eugene-8 Donham
9 Jul 1843 - 14 Feb 1916
Newsletter Article, p.42 Deacon John Dunham Line
(Rev. Benjamin-7, Thomas-6, John-5, Ebenezer-4, Samuel-3, Samuel-2, John-1)
Joseph was the 5th child of Rev. Benjamin-7 Donham and he served in the Civil War. Joseph and George enlisted in Co. H, 2nd Maine Infantry Volunteers on 28 May 1861. Both Joseph and George spent much of their service in the Military Hospitals due to illness. Benjamin and George were mustered out on 9 June 1863. Benjamin graduated from Harvard Medical School 1868 and set up a Medical Practice in Saulnierville, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada were he lived for the next 37 years. He returned to Togus, Kennebec, ME, in Nov 1915 for medical treatment at the Togus National Soldiers Home and died 3 months later. Joseph was not married and was bur. in the Togus National Cemetery. Find a Grave Memorial #86329040

Photo by David Allen Lambert.
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Sarah Agnes-9 Donham
12 Jul 1871 - 23 May 1959
Dunham in America Profile 321.5.6.5

Newsletter Article, p.15
Deacon John Dunham Line
(George Edwin-8, Rev. Benjamin-7, Thomas-6, John-5, Ebenezer-4, Samuel-3, Samuel-2, John-1)
Sarah Agnes was the 2nd child of George Edwin-8 Donham and Sarah Adelaide Studley. Sarah began a teaching career in Rockland, Plymouth, MA, about 1896 and by 1923 she had her own business in Home Economics along with being a Lecturer at Simmons College (1923-1936). She was still working as an Economist in 1948 at the age of 77 and had published a number of books on Home Economics from 1918 to 1937 and was never married. She was bur. in the Studley Plot, Mount Vernon Cemetery, Abington, Plymouth, MA. Find a Grave Memorial #73566869.

Photo from the Collection of James A. Streeter
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Benjamin Curtis-9 Donham
6 Aug 1873 - 14 Jan 1936

Edith Alexandria McKean
30 Apr 1875 - 7 Oct 1958
Dunham in America Profile 321.5.6.4.3

Newsletter Article, p.15-17
Deacon John Dunham Line
(George Edwin-8, Rev. Benjamin-7, Thomas-6, John-5, Ebenezer-4, Samuel-3, Samuel-2, John-1)
Benjamin was the 3nd child of George Edwin-8 Donham and Sarah Adelaide Studley. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1895 as a Civil Engineering. He begain his career as the Assistant Engineer with the San Francisco Bridge Co.1895-1898, Consulting and Resident Engineer, Spreckles Sugar Co., 1898-1900. Chief Engineer 1900-1908 Seoul, Korea on Water, Power, Highways and Electric Railway projects.


Benjamin had met Edith while he was working in California and continued a correspondence by Sea Mail from Seoul and Edith at home in Alameda, CA. They became engaged and she sailed from San Francisco, Ca. to Yokohama, Japan were they were married 4 Aug 1902. They remained in Seoul until about 1908 and had 2 children there. The family returned to the USA and set up a home in New Jersey and had a 3rd child. Benjamin started his own company and worked as a Consulting Civil Engineer for several companies, 1911-1936. Benjamin and Edith were bur. in Mount Hebron Cemetery, Montclair, Essex, NJ. Find a Grave Memorial #206153202 and 206153149.

Photo from the Collection of James A. Streeter

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No Photograph Available for Mable - July 2022
Wallace Brett-9 Donham
26 Oct 1877 - 29 Nov 1954

Mable Clara Higgins
20 Oct 1878 - 17 Mar 1965
Dunham in America Profile 321.5.6.4.4

Newsletter Article, p.17-18
Deacon John Dunham Line
(George Edwin-8, Rev. Benjamin-7, Thomas-6, John-5, Ebenezer-4, Samuel-3, Samuel-2, John-1)
Wallace was the 4th child of George Edwin-8 Donham and Sarah Adelaide Studley. He attended Harvard College, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, 1895-1898 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in three years. He continued at the Harvard Law School, 1898-1901 and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws with honors and was admitted to the bar the same year. He worked for Old Colony Trust Co., Boston and was a vice-president when he left in 1919. Wallace was the Dean of the Harvard School of Business from 1919 to 1942 and continued as the George F. Baker Professor of Business Administration until 1948.


Mable was a School Teacher before she married Wallace in Cambridge, 7 Apr 1903. They had 4 children. Wallace and Mable were bur. in Newton Cemetery, Newton, Middlesex, MA. Find a Grave Memorial #85562026 and 85562094.

Photo from the Collection of James A. Streeter

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George Herman-9 Donham
29 Feb 1880 - 9 Oct 1958

Edith Boardman Briggs
19 Aug 1880 - 17 Dec 1974
Dunham in America Profile 321.5.6.4.5

Newsletter Article, p.19
Deacon John Dunham Line
(George Edwin-8, Rev. Benjamin-7, Thomas-6, John-5, Ebenezer-4, Samuel-3, Samuel-2, John-1)

Wife of George Herman-9
George was the 5th child of George Edwin-8 Donham and Sarah Adelaide Studley. He was born in a Leap Year. George completed a 2 yr course in Tool Design at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1903. He taught manual training and forging

for several years and was employed in defence plants during WW1 and WW2 in Massachusetts. George and Edith were m. in Hanover, Plymouth, MA, 5 Jul 1906 and had 3 children. George spent most of his life in Upton, Worcester, MA having bought a large farm in 1913 and is where the family lived for the next 36 years. George and Edith were bur. in Maplewood Cemetery, West Upton, Worcester, MA. Find a Grave Memorial #61143492 and 61143510.

Photo from the Collection of James A. Streeter

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No Photograph Available for Mary - July 2022
George Alden-10 Donham
07 Feb 1904 - 24 Sep 1964

Mary Virginia Ashby
20 Jan 1919 - Unknown
Dunham in America Profile 321.5.6.4.3.1

Newsletter Article, p.20
Deacon John Dunham Line
(Benjamin Curtis-9, George Edwin-8, Rev. Benjamin-7, Thomas-6, John-5, Ebenezer-4, Samuel-3, Samuel-2, John-1)
George was the 1st child of Benjamin Curtis-9 Donham and Edith Alezandria McKean. He had been b. in Seoul, Korea when his father was employed there. George graduated from Colgate University, in 1927 and from Harvard Business School in 1929. He m. in Kinderhook, Columbia, NY, 30 Sept. 1939, Mary Virginia Ashby. They had 2 children.


George was a Patent Trader and began his career in advertising with the J. Walter Thompson Co. He then joined the Newell Emmett Co. which merged with the Cunningham and Walsh advertising agency of New York City. He served as an associate creative director and sale promotion director before becoming a vice president three years before his death. George was bur. at the Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum, Hartsdale, Westchester, NY. Find a Grave Memorial #201582151.

Photo from the Collection of James A. Streeter

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Photograph not available for Virginia or Elizbeth - July 2022
Richard-10 Donham
18 Mar 1905 - 7 Dec 1970
Dunham in America Profile 321.5.6.4.4.1

Newsletter Article, p.22-23
Deacon John Dunham Line
(Wallace Brett-9, George Edwin-8, Rev. Benjamin-7, Thomas-6, John-5, Ebenezer-4, Samuel-3, Samuel-2, John-1)
Richard was the 1st son of Wallace Brett-9 Donham and Mable Clara Higgins. After high School Richard attended Harvard College, BA in 1927, Master of Business Administration, 1930 and a Doctorate in Commercial Science in 1934. He taught at both Harvard Business School and Yale until 1940 when he joined Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. Richard became Director of the Graduate School of Business Administration at Northwestern’s Chicago campus and in 1961 he founded The Institute for Management at Northwestern. He was Dean for the School from 1953 to 1964 when he returned to teaching. Richard m. in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA,

21 Aug 1928, Virginia Frances Whitney. They div. remarried and div. a 2nd time. They had 2 children. He m. 3rd abt. 1941, Elizabeth “Betty” Baldwin. Richard and Elizabeth are buried in Newton Cemetery, Newton. Find a Grave Memorial #85562148 and 85563565.

Photo from the Collection of James A. Streeter

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Photograph not available for Kenneth
Eleanor-10 Donham
28 Nov 1906 - 14 Aug 1999

Kenneth Alan Simpson 15 Jun 1904 - aft. Feb 1942
Dunham in America Profile 321.5.6.4.5.1 Deacon John Dunham Line
(George Herman-9, George Edwin-8, Rev. Benjamin-7, Thomas-6, John-5, Ebenezer-4, Samuel-3, Samuel-2, John-1)
Eleanor was the 1st child of George Herman-9 Donham and Edith Boardman Briggs. She m. 1st in Upton, Worcester, MA, 8 Mar 1924, Kenneth Alan Simpson, son of James T Simpson and Mildred S. West. They had 2 children and were div. in Newport, Sullivan, NH, 9 Oct 1931. She m. 2nd in Upton, Worcester, MA, 7 Nov 1931 Herbert Eugene Streeter (16 Jul 1906-17 Jan 1976). Eleanor and Herbert had 3 children and owned a Plumbing and Heating business in Charlestown, Sullivan, NH for 36 years. Both Eleanor and Herbert were bur. in Pine Crest Cemetery, Charlestown.

Find a Grave Memorial #74636340] and 74637013].

Photo from the Collection of James A. Streeter

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James Boardman-10 Donham
1 Nov 1909 - 27 Oct 1936
Dunham in America Profile 321.5.6.4.5.1.2 Deacon John Dunham Line
(George Herman-9, George Edwin-8, Rev. Benjamin-7, Thomas-6, John-5, Ebenezer-4, Samuel-3, Samuel-2, John-1)
James attended Bates College Lewiston Maine and was a Pitcher on the Baseball Team. He later was a Pitcher on the Industrial Baseball League that won the Blackstone Valley Championship. He worked as a Machinist until his death at 26 due to a heart malady. James was not married and was bur. in Maplewood Cemetery, West Upton, Worcester, MA. Find a Grave Memorial #74631078.

Photo from the Collection of James A. Streeter
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Allan Stuart-10 Donham
5 Dec 1911 - 24 Mar 1989


Helen Irene Crooker
29 Jan 1911 - 10 Jun 1971
Dunham in America Profile 321.5.6.4.5.3

Newsletter Article p.29
Deacon John Dunham Line
(George Herman-9, George Edwin-8, Rev. Benjamin-7, Thomas-6, John-5, Ebenezer-4, Samuel-3, Samuel-2, John-1)
Allan was a graduate of Amherst College, worked at a Engineer Co. and later as a proofreader /compositor for the Worchester Telegram Publishing Co. He died due to injuries from a automobile crash. Alan and Helen were married in Upton, Worchester, MA, 12 Aug 1939 in a Double Wedding Ceremony. Helen graduated from the Framingham State Normal School and was a teacher until she collapsed in her classroom and died. Both Allan and Helen were bur. in Maplewood Cemetery, West Upton, Worcester, MA. Find a Grave Memorial #59973444 and 59973599.

Photo from the Collection of James A. Streeter
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Kenneth Alan-11 Simpson Streeter
20 Mar 1924 - 23 Jul 2019

Roberta Jean Nelson
9Jun 1926 - 28 Jun 2018
Dunham in America Profile 321.5.6.4.5.1.1

Newsletter Article, p.32
Deacon John Dunham Line
(Eleanor-10, George Herman-9, George Edwin-8, Rev. Benjamin-7, Thomas-6, John-5, Ebenezer-4, Samuel-3, Samuel-2, John-1)
Kenneth was the 1st child of Eleanor-10 Donham and Kenneth Alan Simpson. Alan as he was called served in the US Navy during WW2. When Alan and Roberta were m. in Charlestown, Sullivan, NH, 18 May 1946 they did now know that they were distant cousins.

They both descended from Richard Warren, John Alden and from Priscilla Mullins and her parents, William and Alice Mullins, all passengers on the Mayflower. They were the parents of 2 children. Alan worked 28 years as a engineer for Northrup Corp and Roberta worked for the Los Angeles County, CA court system. Both Alan and Roberta died in Fresno, Fresno, CA. and were bur. in the Oakhill Cemetery, Oakhurst, Madera, CA. Find a Grave Memorial #201425786 and 191086904.

Photo from the Collection of James A. Streeter

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Bruce Allan-11 Donham
20 Jul 1945 - 28 Mar 2018
Newsletter Article, p.33 Deacon John Dunham Line
(Allan Stuart-10, George Herman-9, George Edwin-8, Rev. Benjamin-7, Thomas-6, John-5, Ebenezer-4, Samuel-3, Samuel-2, John-1)
Bruce was the 2nd child of Allan Stuart-10 Donham and Helen Irene Crooker. He attended Babson College, Wellesley, Norfolk, MA and graduated in 1966 with a BS in business management. He served in the US Army during the Vietnam War, stationed in Korea. He was employed by the Carpenter Co. for 38 years, retiring in 2007 as a Senior Vice President.

Obituary Photo, The Richmond Times-Dispatch, from the Collection of Tracy Lynn Donham Smith
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Charles Oscar-8 Donham
29 Jun 1845 - 5 Jul 1875
Dunham in America Profile 321.5.6.5 Deacon John Dunham Line
(Isaac-7, Thomas-6, John-5, Ebenezer-4, Samuel-3, Samuel-2, John-1)
Charles enlisted in Co. E, 31st Maine, Infantry, 11 Mar 1864 and was mustered in the same day. He was a Corporal when he was Mustered Out, 15 Jul 1865. The Regiment left Maine 18 April 1864 and was attached to the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, IX Corps, Army of the Potomac. The 31st commenced active campaigning on 4 May and took its 1st casualties 2 days later. By 12 June it was engaged in the Siege of Petersburg, VA until the end of the War. Charles was bur. in Island Falls Cemetery, Island Falls, Aroostook, ME, Find a Grave Memorial #189412602

Find a Grave photo by Jeffry Burden.

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